GTE Northwest

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GTE Northwest, Inc.
Type of Company	Holding of Verizon
Founded
Headquarters	Everett, WA, USA
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	Local Telephone Service
Website	www.verizon.com

GTE Northwest is a Verizon operating company serving a former GTE region. GTE Northwest originally served Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and part of West Coast California.

GTE, unlike the Bell Operating Companies, transferred states from operating company to operating company. GTE Northwest changes are as follows:

• In 1993, GTE acquired Continental Telephone (ConTel); as a result, ConTel operations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were placed under control of GTE Northwest.
• In 1994, GTE sold ConTel of Idaho to Citizens Communications.
• In 1995, GTE sold operations in Montana to Citizens Communications, and absorbed ConTel of Oregon into GTE's existing Oregon operations.
• In 2000, Bell Atlantic acquired GTE, forming Verizon. As a result, GTE Northwest is renamed "Verizon Northwest, Inc."

Verizon Northwest, Inc. continues to provide local telephone service to former GTE regions and some ConTel regions in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and West Coast California, the latter of which the company does business as "Verizon West Coast, Inc.".

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• Verizon Northwest, Inc.